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Letters .Patent .Nauw-,892, dated October 6, 1868.

AIlVIPIi.OVEMEN'I' IN CHURN-DASHERS.

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCER:

Be it known that I, MORGAN H. THOMAS, of Dansville, in the county ofLivingston, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurn-Dasbers; andI do hereby declare that the followin;` is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,andrto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view, and

Figure 2 an inverted View of my churn-dasher. y

The nature of this invention consists in the employment of a cone-shapeddevice, provided with like-shaped openings or holes, and to it is hingeda perforated cross-piece or dasher, held thereto substantially as willbe hereinafter set forth.A i p i To enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to make and us the sameIwill new proceedto describe its construction and operation. v

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the cone-shaped device, whichis provided, on its lower portion or circumference, with openings orholes a, also ma de cone-shaped, as seen in the two figures. Bdesignates the dasher-staff, passing' through the device A,` to whichsaid device is secured, by means of'a neck or tube formed on its innerupper surface, the lower end of dasher-stati` B being made to enter anlopening in the dasher C,which consists of two bars, placed across and atright angles with each other, and provided with holes or perforations ce. Upomone cud of one of the bars of the dasher C is hinged thecone-shaped device A, the opposite end of said bar being furnished witha hook or clasp, 6, which catches into an opening in the lower edge ofA, when the dasher is in operation'.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

The staff B being elevated, will be depressed, causing the milk to rushthrough the holes in'the dasher C, and the spacebetween said dasher andthe inner circumference of A. At the same time the milk is thus beingoperated upon, the air caused by the downward pressure of thecone-shaped device A will force the milli through the openings a a insaid device, thus thoroughly churning the milk. .After this is done, thebutter on the inner surface of A may be removed by merely unclasping itfrom the dasher C, it being hinged thereto, as already described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,'is

The cone-shaped top, A, perforated with holes a a, as described, anddasher-rod B, in combination with the cross-bars C C, when the latterare hinged to the lower part ofthe top, A, on one side, and fastened tothe opposite side of said top, A, by a clasp, all arranged, constructed,and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.`

MORGAN H. THOMAS. Witnesses:

M. D. BROWN,

S. D. FAULKER.

